Winding device for fishing lines



April 18, 1950 E.w.w1NE| AND l WINDING DEVICE FOR FISHING LINESI Filed Feb. 5, 1947 i nuunnnnun@ Patented Apr. 18, 1950 McKeesport, Pa.

My,invention relates towinding deviceseefor.,

shinggrods,-.-.-and more parti'eularlyeto shaftlsup-V portingwbrackets that can badetachablygconnected'athereto for the purpose.. of temporarily mounting line-drying reels or.,ii's`hihgline.+spools thereoni.

O ne objekt-of my inventiongisato providenanY attaehmentof the character reierred to ,thattoan conveniently and rigidly be attached to a fishing rod and which, when removed from the rod, will have its various component parts readily disassemblage so that they can be packed into a small box for convenient carrying by the fisherman.

Another object of my invention is to provide "an improved manner of mounting a drying reel on a fishing rod, so that a fishing line can be wound thereon from the operating reel more evenly and accurately than in the case of various previous types of line-drying reels, the arrangement having the further advantage that the linedrying reel and its supporting elements can be mounted closely to the fishing rod.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a side view showing my device applied to a fishing rod; Fig, 2 is a plan view of a portion of the structure of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side view of certain of the apparatus of Fig. 1, indicating the manner in which iishing-line spools may be temporarily mounted on the rod in place of the line-drying reel of Figs. l and 2; Fig. 4 is a view of the bracket member looking in the direction of the arrow yIV---IV of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the -form and having an operating reel I3 secured thereto, this reel being of any well known standard type and may suitably be of the level winding type. My attachment comprises a bracket member I4 that may be made of metal, a plastic, or

gum wood. The bracket may suitably be, cast in "a single piece or cut from a single block.` and has two V-notched arm portions I5 that are engageable against the side of the rod I2 andyclamped there by a hook bolt I6 that extends through the outer end of the block and between the arms I5, so that when its wing nut I1 is tightened. the

hracketr'willrbeheldf tightlyclampediinplaats-on;l

cessesfto; receive a shaftl III;4 the parts` I8' being-` sprung "slightly s0. that; when theipin; or-'shaftlj isinsertedtherein,` they; will grip iti slightly, tov provideisunicientifriction againstaccidentalidis* l placement"'of"th'e'shaft? Thisshaft williserveto;

support either a drying reel or a spool.

The drying reel comprises two plates 2| and 22 which are of identical form. The plate 2| has a bearing block or iiange 23 formed thereon, and the plate 22 carries a bearing block 24, these blocks being perforated for the reception of the shaft IS when the reel plates are in assembled position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Plates 2| and 22 respectively have slots 25 and 26 formed therein so that they can be brought into assembled relation with their bearing blocks 23 and 24 in axial alinement as shown more clearly in Fig. 1. The manner in which the plates are assembled is indicated in Fig. 10, wherein the plate 22 is placed in such position that its slot 26 receives the edge of the plate 2|. Upon further tilting of the plate 22 and movement thereof further to the left, it can be pushed down in the slot 25 until its upper edge is flush with the upper edge of the plate 2I. The slot walls of each plate have close-fitting engagement with the adjacent side surfaces of the other plate. so that the plates are held in their right-angular relationship with sufficient rmness to permit wrapping of a iishing line 21 thereon. The bracket will be attached to the rod whenever it is desired to wind a wet line on the drying reel, from the operating reel I3, or when it is desired to remove a dried line from the drying reel to the operating reel. In either case, smoothness and evenness of winding is facilitated by reason of the fact that the reel is positioned on a vertical axis that is close to the rod.

The bracket and the shaft I9 can also be used in the handling of fishing-line spools 28, either when removing new lines from the spools to the operating reel I3, or when it is desired to remove a line from the reel to a spool, as when it is desired to substitute another line. In using conventional line spools, a small nail 29 can be driven into the spool to serve as a convenient crank handle for turning the spool to winding a line thereon from the reel I3.

I claim as my invention:

1. A winding device for fishing lines, comprising a line-drying reel formed of plates that are approximately duplicates, each plate being slotted inwardly from one edge, for about one-half its Width and approximately midway between its ends, and each plate having a shaft bearing on one face thereof, in the form of a perforated block and located adjacent to one of its edges and whose axial line is parallel to the slot, the slot walls of each plate being engageable with the sides of the other plate, when the plates are assembled, with their respective bearings in axial alinement, a shaft extending through the bearing blocks, and means `for detachably connecting the shaft to a fishing rod.

2. A winding device for fishing lines, comprising a line-drying reel formed of plates that are approximately duplicates, each plate being slotted inwardly from one edge, for about one-half its width and approximately midway between its ends, and each plate having a shaft bearing on one face thereof, in the form of a perforated block and located adjacent to one of its edges and whose axial line is parallel to the slot, the slot walls of each plate being engageable with the sides of the other plate, when the plates are assembled, with their respective bearings in axial ahnen-lent, a shaft extending through the bearing blocks, having a head on its outer end engageable with an outer face portion of the reel, a bracket for yieldably gripping inner portions of the shaft, to hold the reel against the bracket, and means for connecting the bracket to a shing rod.

3. A winding device for shing lines, comprising'a shaft for supporting a spool or reel and having a head on its outer end and engageable with the outer face of the spool, a. bracket having a. split armv for yieldably gripping the shaft at various points along its length, to hold the inner face of the spool against the arm, a second arm on the bracket, extending at right angles to the other arm, and means for connecting the second named arm to a iishing pole, the arms being relatively otlset in directions axially of the shaft and parallel to the rod.

EARL W. WINELAND.

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